The electronic cigarette is a tobacco Lille

Department of e- cigarettes are mushrooming in Lille's streets. Just in the month of December, two new brands have appeared in the very center . One replaced the yarn, rue de Paris, the other the chips Cute street of Old Comedy . Not far away , rue des Ponts de Comines , teaches Clopinette always pulls out of the game
With over a million followers in France , the market for e-cigarette is doing well. All the members of the European Union have ratified an agreement on December 18 , with the European Parliament : the electronic cigarette will remain freely available in countries where it is not already sold in pharmacies . Arthur Auffranc , responsible for the sign Cig'concept , rue de Paris , is convinced of the success of the electronic cigarette in Lille. "It's been proven , the electronic version remains 400 times less harmful than the classic version , and there are even organic e- cigarettes without nicotine propylene glycol and without . " Why continue to smoke you say? "Well just because we keep the gesture but not harm. " In addition to a cocktail of more than one hundred flavors (coffee , lemon, peach, mint mojito but also more surprising and piña colada ) , traders mainly put forward the argument health. "The customer can decide the amount of nicotine they want, we can gradually declining rate and reduce dependence ," said Arthur Auffranc .

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In Vapostar Street Old Comedy, the store is not yet complete but customers are already there to confirm the positive effects of electronic cigarette: "Before I smoked a pack a day , now I smoke an electronic cigarette and I feel better , I found the food taste and smell in the space of a fortnight , "said Jessie , smoky decade.

Prohibited in public places?

With the arrival of the new year and a lot of good resolutions (especially with the increase in VAT on 1 January by passing the packet to € 7) , traders are rubbing their hands . Clopinette in the shop is never empty. Installed in April 2012, up Reignaux she moved rue des Ponts de Comines in March 2013 and the clientele is still there. " The blur around EU legislation has been detrimental to us for a few months , but since our existence is framed , it is much better ," says a saleswoman .electronic cigarette starter kit

The e-cigarette is attracting more and more but know that it takes still € 30 minimum purchase for all elements of an electronic cigarette (equivalent to twenty cigarettes). If she got a full status at the European level ( or derived from tobacco , or drug) , its legal status is still vague in public places . The Minister of Health , Marisol Touraine , sees it as a conventional cigarette. The State Council shall decide . In the meantime, it will continue to get away with smoking colleagues to toast ... uh ... a vapoter !